Kansas lawmakers want tuition refunds for college students moved onto online courses during the pandemic
THE KANSAS CITY STAR — Kansas lawmakers want to refund tuition to college students who lost class time or were forced into online courses as a result of the pandemic. The move is the latest in a string of actions taken by lawmakers to show their disdain for online learning in colleges and k-12 schools.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Colleges have encouraged new students to “find their place” in student organizations on campus. That’s bad advice, writes Lisa M. Nunn in College Belonging: How First-Year and First-Generation Students Navigate Campus Life. Nunn discusses her new book on first-generation students and how they navigate college life.
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ABA JOURNAL — Prestigious law firms avoid hiring 23 types of lawyers, according to Harrison Barnes, the managing director and founder of BCG Attorney Search, a legal recruiting firm. The article—written four years ago—sparked outrage among observers who said eliminating certain categories of job candidates hampers diversity.
Read More about Legal recruiter’s list of ‘attorneys law firms avoid’ underscores profession’s diversity issuesAALS President and Boston College Law dean Vincent Rougeau named president of the College of the Holy Cross
BOSTON COLLEGE NEWS — Vincent Rougeau, whose decade-long tenure as dean helped to enhance the reputation and stature of Boston College Law School, has been named president of the College of the Holy Cross. “It has been an honor for me to be the dean of BC Law for the past ten years,” said Rougeau.
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THE NATIONAL JURIST — If you’re contemplating transferring to a different law school, welcome to the club. In 2020, more than 1,600 students left one school for another, according to ABA data. Jerry Organ wrote about the transfer data. He compared the number of transfers and the percentage of transfers back to 2014.
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DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION — AccessLex Institute seeks to broaden access and increase law school enrollment of underrepresented students with LexScholars by AccessLex, an innovative diversity pipeline program. As a nonprofit organization is dedicated to addressing the most critical issues facing legal education.
Read More about AccessLex Institute launches LexScholars legal profession pipeline programBig 10 Conference law schools partner on lecture series ‘New Court, New Administration, New Congress’
INDIANA UNIVERSITY MAURER SCHOOL OF LAW — This series consists of lectures relating to the new balance of the US Supreme Court, the new presidential administration, and the new Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress. Issues of social justice and equity will also be addressed. Big 10 law schools is hosting on Zoom.
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BOSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL — The institutions are seeing rapid growth for similar reasons — a marketing push, improved performance and an emphasis on flexibility in terms of the path to graduation. Two Mass. law schools rank among nation’s fastest-growing.
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WBIW.COM — Applications are available for the Indiana Conference for Legal Education Opportunity program, which is designed to assist traditionally underrepresented groups in pursuing a legal career. ICLEO offers students a preparatory institute the summer before law school and is being hosted in Indiana this year.
Read More about Indiana Supreme Court seeks applications for legal education opportunity program for traditionally underrepresented studentsBoston College Law Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy event explores perspectives on police reform
BOSTON COLLEGE LAW MAGAZINE — A webinar providing diverse perspectives on the topic of police reform was convened at BC Law February 2 by the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy. Panelists provided an expansive view of what has been done both federally and within the Commonwealth on this hot-button issue.
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